Mariano Rivera vs Roy Halladay

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Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay compared on their MLB careers: Mariano Rivera played 19 seasons, 1995 to 2013, Roy Halladay 16 seasons, 1998 to 2013. Mariano Rivera has 82 wins to Roy Halladay's 203. Mariano Rivera won 5 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Mariano Rivera leads in 5 of the 7 lines, Roy Halladay in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay career totals

1,115	GP	416
82	W	203, better
60, better	L	105
2.2, better	ERA	3.4
1,283.2	IP	2,749.1
1,173	K	2,117, better
286, better	BB	592
1, better	WHIP	1.2
652, better	SV	1

How do they compare in the postseason?

Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay postseason

96	GP	5
8, better	W	3
1, better	L	2
0.7, better	ERA	2.4
141	IP	38
110, better	K	35
21	BB	5, better
0.8	WHIP	0.7, better
42, better	SV	0

Where each stands all time

Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay all-time places

1st (652), better	Saves	—
—	Strikeouts (pitching)	75th (2,117), better
—	Wins (pitching)	107th (203), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay titles and awards

5, better	Championships	—
1, better	World Series MVP	—
—	AL Cy Young	1, better
—	NL Cy Young	1, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay season by season

1st	1995	5, better	3	5.51	1998	1	0, better	1.93, better
2nd	1996	8	3, better	2.09, better	1999	8	7	3.92
3rd	1997	6, better	4, better	1.88, better	2000	4	7	10.64
4th	1998	3	0, better	1.91, better	2001	5, better	3	3.16
5th	1999	4	3, better	1.83, better	2002	19, better	7	2.93
6th	2000	7	4, better	2.85, better	2003	22, better	7	3.25
7th	2001	4	6, better	2.34, better	2004	8, better	8	4.20
8th	2002	1	4	2.74	2005	12, better	4	2.41, better
9th	2003	5	2, better	1.66, better	2006	16, better	5	3.19
10th	2004	4	2, better	1.94, better	2007	16, better	7	3.71
11th	2005	7	4, better	1.38, better	2008	20, better	11	2.78
12th	2006	5	5, better	1.80, better	2009	17, better	10	2.79
13th	2007	3	4, better	3.15	2010	21, better	10	2.44, better
14th	2008	6	5, better	1.40, better	2011	19, better	6	2.35
15th	2009	3	3, better	1.76, better	2012	11, better	8	4.49
16th	2010	3	3, better	1.80, better	2013	4, better	5	6.82
17th	2011	1	2	1.91	—	—	—	—
18th	2012	1	1	2.16	—	—	—	—
19th	2013	6	2	2.11	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA